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Cardiff Comedy Festival Edinburgh Previews: Richard Herring & Catie Wilkins
When: Friday 27th July 2012 - 20:00
Where: Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
Richard Herring returned to the Edinburgh Festival in 2010 with Christ on a Bike for the second time, as well as writing and performing his Sony-nominated audio podcast and sketch show As It Occurs To Me.
Recent TV appearances include Genius (BBC Two), Have I Got News For You (BBC One) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two). As one half of the prolific comedy duo Lee & Herring, Richard Herring enjoyed phenomenal cult success as a writer and performer with shows such as Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World, Fist of Fun (BBC Radio 1/BBC Two) and This Morning with Richard Not Judy (BBC Two).
"Herring is a superior comedian… hilarious." - The Guardian
Catie Wilkins has performed in several successful comedy festival shows, including Comedy O-Clock in Edinburgh (2008); and It's Got Jokes In (2009). The latter was recommended in the Telegraph and gathered several four star reviews. Catie took her first solo hour show Inheritance Tax to the Camden Fringe in 2010 as well as starring in ITV4's FHM Stand-Up Hero, produced by Baby Cow in 2010, and was recommended in a list of the 'Top 10 Comedians To Catch In 2011' by the Dave website. Catie has written for BBC1 Children’s sitcom Hotel Trubble and is a contributor to the bestselling Harper Collins book The Atheist's Guide to Christmas. In 2008 Catie won the Gong Show at the Comedy Store in London and was King Gong for May of that year.
"Deliciously Sick...A fertile imagination in the writing, with a keen grasp of how to express it" – Steve Bennett, Chortle
"Very funny" – Jimmy Carr
"A keen and insightful comedy mind, black-as-night sense of mischief and an excellent comedy writer performer. She’ll only get bigger" - Dave website